Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Requiem for Mrs. J | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - February 11, 2017

The Day the Music Died: Vuletic Courts Comedy of Frustration with Shades of Thanatos If anyone comes close to conjuring comedy from the Kafkaesque, it’s...

Barrage | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - February 10, 2017

You’ll Like My Mother: Schroeder Stages Conflicted, Femme Centric Triplicate of Intergenerational Conflict As the title succinctly suggests, Luxembourg’s Laura Schroeder navigates the trenchant, inescapable...

John Wick: Chapter 2 | Review

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Nicholas Bell - February 9, 2017

Wick 2 Wick: Stahelski Forges Tenuous Franchise with Solemn Reeves Assassin Director Chad Stahelski steps out on his own for John Wick: Chapter 2,...

A Cure for Wellness | Review

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Nicholas Bell - February 8, 2017

Do Capitalists Dream of Electric Eels?: Verbinski’s Visits Mountains of Madness in Paranoia Escapade Not unlike his more renowned yet equally studio inveigled colleague Christopher...

Manchester by the Sea | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Nicholas Bell - February 7, 2017

Hailed as a masterpiece by many a major critical outlet immediately after it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Kenneth Lonergan’s third title...

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